It was true that the eldest brother did not have a name. If a person was born without a name, they were usually born in a remote and backward place.
The village the eldest brother came from was such a place. It was not even appropriate to call it a village. It should be called a tribe.
The so-called tribe was a simple and crude shantytown with dozens of families living here. It was surrounded by mountains, and there were more than a dozen villages like this in the mountains. The villagers had been gathering Star Weave Grass in the mountains for generations because it was the only thing in the mountains. Even ordinary beasts were hard to come by.
The Star Weave Grass was not an expensive item. Its only use was that it could be broken down and added to various types of clothing to produce colorful effects. Therefore, the biggest characteristic of these villages was that they were 'poor'. It could be said that they were desperately poor, and 'desperately poor' did not mean that they were too poor, but that they could really kill people.
The eldest brother knew what it felt like to be 'hungry' from a young age. He saw stars and felt weak in his limbs. Sometimes, he could not even stand up. At that time, the eldest brother's biggest wish was to eat a full meal. Even if he could not, he would be satisfied with a few wild sprouts.
However, to get food, he had to gather Star Weave Grass with his bare hands. Then, he had to walk to the city to sell it. It would take a few days of hard work to get a small bag of flour from a merchant.
His eldest brother was the same as the other villagers. He learned how to do this when he was very young. He worked hard and supported himself. Day after day, year after year. If it wasn't for that chance encounter, his eldest brother might have spent his ordinary life like this.
On the way back from a peddling trip, his eldest brother picked up a small twisted knife. It was this T-shaped claw knife. Both sides of the blade were engraved with small handwriting. He did not know who had left it by the roadside.
With this knife, the eldest brother had a much easier time gathering Star Weave Grass. The Star Weave Grass itself contained a slight amount of poison and was tough enough to cut hands. If the collector was not careful, he could easily get hurt. However, with this knife, everything became much easier.
Therefore, the eldest brother's harvest was much higher than the others. The food he sold also increased. At least, he did not have to go hungry anymore.
As time passed, Big Brother slowly accumulated some savings. He went to the city to find a merchant to buy a sharper hoe. With half the effort, the hoe was slowly upgraded to a sharper large cleaver.
Like many children who were gradually growing up, the eldest brother's biggest wish was no longer to be satisfied with a full meal. Instead, he longed to leave the mountains and explore the outside world. He wanted to see the prosperity of this world. He was determined to become an origin ability user and create an earth-shattering undertaking. One day, his name would be known throughout the kingdom, and the people of the kingdom would know his name.
Before he left, his eldest brother simply packed up the goods and valuables in the shack. He was going to take most of the things to the city and sell them. That way, he could at least get some money for the journey.
But late that night, a fierce mountain fire erupted. Once the Star Weave Grass was set ablaze, it would be very difficult to extinguish it in a short period of time.
The eldest brother was tired and slept too deeply. When he woke up, the village was completely surrounded by raging fire. Just when he was ready to die, someone rushed in with two wet animal blankets and carried him out in the blinding fire.
The person who saved him was his neighbor, Huzi. Huzi was also a child, and just like his eldest brother, he lived a hard life of gathering.
After his eldest brother woke up, he thanked Huzi profusely. Before he left, he decided to gift the claw blade to Huzi.
Big Brother thought that since he no longer needed the claw, rather than selling it for money, he might as well give it to those who truly needed it.
Huzi, however, was even more grateful. He said that he had saved his eldest brother not because he wanted the claw, but because he would make good use of the claw and help the villagers. He would do his best to give everyone a better life. In the future, he would wait for his eldest brother to become successful and come back to meet him.
And so, Big Brother left the village.
Big Brother worked hard from a young age, and his physical fitness was far superior to others. At the age of sixteen, he awakened his origin ability. In addition, his luck was very good. He met a martial arts training partner in the city's martial arts training plaza, and was helped into a martial arts training school.
Big Brother cherished this rare opportunity. He studied hard and cultivated diligently, and at the age of twenty-two, he became an advanced origin ability user.
Big Brother's twenty-sixth birthday was celebrated at the school's honor ceremony. He was awarded a medal and became a true origin ability warrior.
At the age of twenty-eight, Big Brother chose to join a large sect that was at the peak of its power. The sect elders favored him very much. Although Big Brother's talent was not very good, he was steadfast, hardworking, and loyal.
At the age of thirty-four, Big Brother was promoted to an advanced warrior. In order to gain experience and honor, the sect sent Big Brother and two other advanced disciples to the kingdom's frontlines to fight against the enemy forces.
When he was thirty-eight years old, the enemy's army pressed on the border. Under the ferocious attack, the other two disciples were martyred on the battlefield. However, the eldest brother survived with great difficulty. This was different from what he had thought at the time, because he was not famous.
Life in the army was undoubtedly long and boring. Other than going into battle to kill the enemy, he returned to cultivate. At the age of forty-two, Big Brother became an origin ability warrior and was already an indispensable member of the army. However, at this time, the frontlines were defeated, and the enemy's army crossed the border and headed straight for the kingdom's main city. Big Brother retreated with the defeated army.
However, on the way, they were chased by the enemy. In order to protect the civilians of more than twenty villages at the border, Big Brother led his people to block the enemy's main line. This battle was extremely tragic. The enemy lost thirty thousand people, and Big Brother's fifty thousand people were all wiped out. In the end, he was the only one left fighting a bloody battle.
Big Brother was captured by the enemy vanguard and brought back to the army to be tortured for three whole months. However, Big Brother was stubborn and strong, and he endured for three months. Half a year later, the enemy's higher-ups visited the frontlines. It was actually a delicate little girl. After the little girl asked about the whole story, she gave the order to treat the captives well and return their freedom.
After returning to the kingdom, Big Brother fought on the frontlines for another eight years. After countless life and death battles, he miraculously survived and advanced to become an advanced level warrior. Big Brother spent his fifty-first birthday in battle.
When Big Brother was sixty years old, the war between the two countries reached its climax. However, as the kingdom's army continued to pour in, the enemy gradually could not hold on and started to retreat. Big Brother finally stepped into the ranks of the combat masters. However, it was a pity that he still did not become famous. This was because the top ten people on the frontlines were not allowed to be captives.
When Big Brother was sixty-five years old, the two countries temporarily stopped fighting. Big Brother returned to the sect, and the sect welcomed him back with the highest courtesy. He became an elder and enjoyed unprecedented rich cultivation resources. Big Brother's strength began to increase by leaps and bounds.
When Big Brother was seventy-two years old, the enemy country invaded again. The sect was in danger and Big Brother stepped into the frontlines again. At this time, Big Brother was already an intermediate level warrior. The sect's prestige was extremely high, but very few people knew about him.
When Big Brother was seventy-five years old, the enemy country was completely defeated. After many years of war, the kingdom finally won the long-awaited peace. The sect was received by the royal family and was awarded a medal by the king. However, the person who went to receive the medal was not Big Brother. Instead, the sect leader personally went to the capital of the kingdom. Big Brother could only wait patiently outside the city.
When the sect leader returned, he brought a woman with him. He said that she was the princess of the enemy country. However, she was now a defeated captive and was rewarded to the sect by the king. Big Brother found out that the princess was actually the little girl who had released him on the battlefield many years ago.
The little girl had already grown up. She was slender and beautiful. The sect leader wanted to take her for himself and then behead her. However, Big Brother remembered the princess's kindness of not killing him back then. That night, he righteously saved her. The sect leader was injured, but Big Brother was severely injured.
Big Brother covered the princess and escaped to the border of the other country. The sect leader was furious and ordered Big Brother to be expelled from the sect. He reported to the royal family and was convicted as a "traitor". He was wanted nationwide.
The pursuers chased him all the way to the border. The princess's friends from other countries came to help and successfully escaped. However, Big Brother was unwilling to leave the kingdom. He said that if he escaped with the princess, he would really be a traitor. He wanted to go back and prove that not only was he innocent, but that one day, he would soar into the sky and become famous.
Big Brother began to hide from the pursuers' encirclement at the border. This entanglement lasted for seven years. Big Brother survived by relying on his survival skills from many years of fighting on the battlefield. Moreover, when he was eighty-two years old, he finally broke through the natural barrier of an intermediate combat master and became an advanced combat master. At this point, Big Brother entered middle age and ushered in the peak of his life's cultivation. However, he still did not become famous. Or rather, his "fame" was a bad reputation. The people of the kingdom would not respect him and would only despise him.
When Big Brother was eighty-five years old, the king of the kingdom passed away and a new king took over. A series of changes followed. The original sect was expelled from the royal family's line of sight, all of the captives were released, and the new king adopted a policy of friendship and peace with other countries.
This year, the princess returned to the kingdom and finally found Big Brother in the forest at the border of the kingdom.
The princess escorted Big Brother to the kingdom's capital to meet the new king. The king respected Big Brother's righteousness and was also moved by the princess's deep affection. He immediately declared Big Brother innocent.
When Big Brother was eighty-six years old, he married the princess. The two of them settled down in the main city at the border of the kingdom. Their lives were very peaceful. Apart from accompanying his wife, Big Brother did not slow down his pace of cultivation. Because there had been no war for many years, the people lived in peace and contentment. The kingdom held the Martial Arts Symposium every five years as scheduled. Not only would the experts of the kingdom participate, but Origin Energy experts from other countries would also come.
Big Brother naturally did not want to miss this event. It was more for the sake of his desire to become famous.
Now that he was an Origin Energy General, he was confident that he could defeat all the experts. He was not willing to live an ordinary life. Although he had already been cleared of his crimes, he had not been happy in the days after his marriage.
Seeing that he was always silent and gloomy, the princess had a strange idea. She wanted to go to Big Brother's hometown and take a look. Perhaps returning to a hometown that she had not seen for a long time would improve her mood.
Big Brother naturally agreed and took his wife home.